Hi, I’m just remembering this bug, that may affect you: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48766
Vincent On 06/09/10 06:58, Glenn Adams wrote: > Is there a reason that kerning of the base 14 fonts is disabled by default? > > Furthermore, except by programmatic means, there does not seem to be a way > to enable it except by using FontManager.setBase14KerningEnabled() or the > deprecated method FopFactory.setBase14KerningEnabled(). This technique is > used to enable it during testing in one test case: > layoutengine/standard-testcases/kerning_1_on.xml, by means of special code > in org.apache.fop.layoutengine.TestEnvironment. > > However, there appears no way for a user to enable it via non-programmitc > means. To support this (which I need in testing the new generalized position > adjustments for text drawing), I'm adding a base14-kerning element to be > placed in the top-level fop element in the FOP configuration file, e.g., > > <fop> > ... > <base14-kerning>true</base14-kerning> > ... > </fop> > > The rationale for making this a child of the top-level fop element is that > the enable/disable state is presently maintained in the singleton > FontManager instance, which is configured (in FontManagerConfigurator) from > other top-level children of the fop element. > > For consistency, it my be better to enable base14 kerning by default, then > allow a user to disable it using the above mechanism. However, I have not > made this latter change (yet). > > Comments? > > G. >
